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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
May. 23, 2003
Brian K. Meadows, San Diego, CA (US);
Ted H. Heath, Marietta, GA (US);
Joseph D. Neff, San Diego, CA (US);
Edgar A. Brown, Atlanta, GA (US);
David W. Fogliatti, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Visarath IN, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Paul Hasler, Atlanta, GA (US);
Steve P. Deweerth, Marietta, GA (US);
William L. Ditto, Gainesville, FL (US);
Robert A. York, Goleta, CA (US);
Brian K. Meadows, San Diego, CA (US);
Ted H. Heath, Marietta, GA (US);
Joseph D. Neff, San Diego, CA (US);
Edgar A. Brown, Atlanta, GA (US);
David W. Fogliatti, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Visarath In, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Paul Hasler, Atlanta, GA (US);
Steve P. DeWeerth, Marietta, GA (US);
William L. Ditto, Gainesville, FL (US);
Robert A. York, Goleta, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
This invention exploits the synchronization properties of coupled, nonlinear oscillators arrays to perform power combining, beam steering, and beam shaping. This architecture utilizes interactions between nonlinear active elements to generate beam patterns. A nonlinear array integrates the signal processing concurrently with the transduction of the signal. This architecture differs fundamentally from passive transducer arrays in three ways: 1) the unit cells are nonlinear, 2) the array purposely couples the unit cells together, and 3) the signal processing (beam steering and shaping) is done via dynamic interactions between unit cells. The architecture extends to both 1- and 2-dimensional arrays.